This came out of the December 1, 2009 poetry fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from
jenny_evergreen and sponsored by
janetmiles. I am a fan of Zen koans, Zen poetry, and haiku in general. This tidbit is crazy-monk stuff but I had so much fun with it!
haikoan
sly words fool the eye:
though it has cherry blossoms,
this is no poem